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Trinidad and Tobago SEA Mathematics 2014

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Trinidad and Tobago SEA Mathematics 2014

The document appears to be part of a test booklet for the Trinidad and Tobago Secondary Entrance Assessment exam. It contains instructions for students on how to fill out biographical information and take the test, which is divided into three sections. It provides 14 sample math problems for Section I of the test, asking students to show their work and provide the answer. The problems cover topics like fractions, decimals, percentages, patterns, measurement, and word problems.
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO


SECONDARY ENTRANCE ASSESSMENT SECONDARY ENTRANCE ASSESSMENT

ANSWER BOOKLET ANSWER BOOKLET

FILL IN ALL THE INFORMAT]ON REQUESTED CLEARLY AND LEGIBLY'

TEST CODE 0 4 4 o 1 1
TEST CODE 0 4 2 3 4 0 1 1

SUBJECT MATHEMATICS 2014


SUBJECT MATHEMATICS 2014
il
Please place Your label here'
Please place Your label here'

WRITE THE NAME OF YOUR SCHOOL BELO


READ THE FOLLOWING
INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY:

1 This test is divided into


THREE sections.
WRITE YOUR FULL NAME BELOW
2 Make sure You read the
instructions before You
start to work on any section'

3 Write all Your answers in DATE OF BIRTH


this test booklet.
Da! Month Year

4 DO NOT OPEN THIS


BOOKLET UNTILYOU ARE
TOLD TO DO SO.
MALE
SEX
FEMALE

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE

FOLDER NUMBER FOLDER NUMBER

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questions'
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1 4t7
co9
1
Answ er

2 WritE 3.49 iO thE NEAREST TENTH'


9
Answer

as
al A pizza was cut into 12 equal slices
shown below

Shade of the Ptzza


I

4 Write ONE of the following sYmbols

in the box below so that the number


sentence is correct
. 3 7
t2 4
4
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5 A piece of ribbon ," - lor8.
-A

A piece measuring f m is cut off

What is the length, in metres, of the


remaining Piece?

m 5
Answer

Questions 6 and ? refer to the


following inforrnation'
In a spelling contesL, Peter was given
aO *o.a" to sPe)I. He sPelt 32 words
correctlY.

6 What fraction of the total number of


words did he sPell correctlY?

6
Answer

Peter must spell at least 90% ofthe words


correctly to qualify for a consolation
orize. Fio* many words should he have
spelt correctlY to qualifY?

7
Answer words

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The first four shapes in a patternfrom


are
8
Ua"*. EACH shaPe is made
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squares of the same srze'
4rb
Shape l"t 2a 3.d

Pattern
Number o f t4 9 16
Sq uares

form the 6'h


How manY squares would
shape?
8
squares
Answer

ComP lete correctlY


the sentences rn
1 a

q
cm3
9 1 litre =

10
hours
10. 120 minutes =

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11. The length oIa carrot is measured

) ll,
cm
01 23 456

What is its length to the NEAREST


centimetre?

11
cm
Answer

sides of
12. A square sheet of PaPer has
11 cm

What is its area?


19
crnz
Artsw er

They have
13. Shari has 4 coins on her desk
I ["irit"r"" "f 50 The value of 2 coins
l'
i. in l.he diagram below'
"ho*.,

of the
Write the correct value on EACH
other 2 corns 13

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74. A sales cierk is preparing a tag to sbow


the selling price for a television'

ooo

ComPlete the tag below

Cost Price $1 740.00

Discount $ 174.00

Selling Price 14

A square, labelled S' and a


rectangle'
15. (The
i^o"tr"a R, are shown below
are not drawn to scale')
"fr"ra"
26 cm
<10 c m> t
u)
R
,l,
S

area'
Both shaPes have the same
6^i."r^," ihe width, ro' of rectangle 'R?
15.
Answer

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16. The triangle shown below has ONLY two
sides of equal length.

What type of triangle is it?

16
A-nswer

Complete the drawing below to show


the
17.
,r"t of u tri angular-based Prism

77

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18. Sunil changes the positron of the arrow
on the circular dial shown below.

0
7 I 1

6--- { -2
t..
,' I
,/|\
5 I
4

He makes a quarter turn ANTI -

CLOCKWISE which number is the


AT
arrow now Pointing ?

18
Answer

N OT \ATRITE'

Cookies were packaged in three


bags as
19.
shown below

15 10
8
cookies cookie
okie

What is the mean number of cookies in


abag?

19
Answer cookies

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20. The graph below shows the number of
I
haircuts a barber did on five days of a :
particular week. *
t
i{
*
Number of
Day Haircuts

Monday (a
Tuesday @@@@
Wednesday @@
Tbursday @@
Friday @@@@@@
The total number ofhaircuts done in the
five days is 75-

How manY haircuts were done bY the


barber on MondaY?

haircuts 20
Answer

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ALL questions'
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1 5
21. 5 2
9 8

27
Answer
(2 marks)

,, SimplifY, using decimal notation'


5
7+ 10
+
100

22
Answer
(2 marks)

for the
23. Carrie had $60 as an allowance
of
week. She slent f of it on snacks' +
it on stickers and saved the remainder'
(a)
\q/ What fraction did she sPend on
and stickers together?
"nacks

Answer
(1 mark)

(b) How much moneY did she save?

Answer $
(1 mark)

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In a car nr.k, of the cars are blue


24. f
and the remainder are white What
i.."""t"g. of the cars are white?

24
%
Answer
(2 marks)

weekend'
25. Alim coUected seashells over the
on Saturday
rfl"."i[.t.a 45 seashellson Sunday'
,rra afr."" times as many

How manY seashells did Ali


collect
(a)
on SundaY?

Answer seashells
(1 rnark)

(b) What percentage of the seashells


over the weekend did he
""ii""."a
collect on SaturdaY?

o/o
25
Answer
(2 marks)

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26. The table below shows the points scored
for hitting three different coloured
targets in a video game.

Colour Number of Points

White 9

Blue

Gold 5

Ana scored 53 points in playing the game.


She hit the blue target' 4 times and the
white target 3 times.

How many times did she hit the GOLD


target?

Answer trmes 26.


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27 A fruit vendor transported 360 mangoes
to the market. While transporting the
mangoes, 10% ofthem were damaged'

(a) How manY mangoes were damaged?

Answer mangoes
(1 rnark)

(b) The mangoes that were not


damaged were Packed into boxes
of 12. How manY boxes were used
to pack bhese mangoes?

Answer boxes
(2 marks)

,
Five years ago, Paul was his father's
28. f
age. Paul's father is now 37 years old
How old is Patrl now?

28
Answer
(3 marks)

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29. The volume of the cuboid shown below is
48 cm3. The length of the cuboid is 3 cm,
the width is 2 cm and the height is h cm'

0, "-
$
-2cm-

Calcuiate the value of h

90
Answer
(2 rnarks)

30. Burns ran the following distances over


a 2-week period while training for the
Olympics.

Week Distance Ran

1 3km800m
2 2. 1!, Rm

What is the TOTAL distance covered by


Burns over the 2 weeks?

Answer 30
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31. Mr Lee borrowed $8000 from the bank to
buy a used car. He paid simple interest
at a rate of \2%o per year for a period of
3 years.

How much simple interest did Mr Lee


pay?

A;rswer $
(2 rnarks)

32. Jane bought the 3 items shown below at


the supermarket.

l--l
--i)
ffi
Notebook Comb Scissors
$r.90 $2.10 $ 3.65

(a) What is the TOTAL cost of the 3


items?

Answer $
(1 rnark)
(b) Calculate Jane's EXACT change
ifshe paid for the items with a
$20.00 biil.

Answer $
(2 rnarks)

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33. The time shown on Clock A rs 15 mrnutes


AHEAD of the correct time

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q
k ------>3
8 4
76 5

A B

(a) Insert the correct time on Clock B

An swer
(1 mark)

(b) At the end of the next hour,


Clock A gained an additional
5 minutes ahead of the correct
time.

What time witl be shown on


Clock A?

J.l
Answer
(2 marks)

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34. The diagram below shows a cYcling
track consisting of a rectangle and two
semicircles.
B

49m

- 100m A

A cyclist starts at point A and cycles in


the direction of the arrows to point B.
What distance did he cover? ,r.
\"= 7)

Answer metres 34
(3 rnarks)

35. The school cafeteria bought 5 dozen silly


bands at $15 per dozen and sold them for
$2 EACH.

(a) What was the profit, in dollars,


made by the school cafeteria?

Answer $
(2 marks)

(b) Calculate the profit as a percentage


of the cost price.

Answer % 35
(l mark)

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36. The diagram below shows an incomplete


pla.,e Jhape and one of its lines of
symmetrY, RS.
R

7
s

(a) Complete
' [he drawing of the shaPe
(l mark)

(b) Draw another line of sYmmetrY, PQ' 36


for the comPleted shaPe' (1 mark)

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37. Use the diagram below to answer the
questions that follow.

State the names of

(a) ONE plane shaPe in the diagram


above

Answer

(l mark)
(b) ONE solid that would be needed to
make a model of the building

Answer
(1 mark)

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38. The diagram below shows a cylindrical


package closed at both ends

(a) How manY faces does the Package


have?

Answer faces
(1 mark)

(b) Draw the net of the Package' 38


(2 marks)

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39. The shape ABCD below is moved from
its position at P to the position at Q so
that Corner.A is now at A' and Corner D
is now at D'.

D c D

P a

A A

(a) What is the name of this movement?

Answer
(1 mark)

(b) Describe the movement in (a)


FULLY.

Answer
(1 mark)

(c) Under the same movement in


(a), describe what haPPens to -1

Corner B.

Alswer
39.
(1 mark)

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40. The pie chart below shows the favourite


pets of the PuPils in Standard 3'

r5%
dogs parrots
r0%
sheep
25%
goats
rabbits

(a) Which TWO Pets are EQUALLY


favoured?

Answer
(1 mark)

(b) What percentage of the PuPils in


Standard 3 favour Parrots /

40.
Answer
(1 mark)

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A fruit vendor has 160 frurts


in his stall'
4t.
20o% are
Of these, f u." tuttgoes and
plums. The remainder are avocados'

have?
(a) How manY mangoes does he

Answer mangoes
(1 rnark)

&) Exoress the number of fruits [hat


*" ptr-. as a DECIMAL fraciion'

Answer
(r rnark)

(c) Calculate the number of avocados


in the stall.

4a
Answer avocados
(3 rnarks)

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42. Nine light posts are evenly spaced along


. f,igfr*uy'A total of 144 plastic pipes of
ifr"ir-" length are Placed EQUALLY
between the 9 Posts'

I_i_1_1_i_1_t_l_i
(a) How manY PiPes are Placed
between the first and second Posts?

Answer plpes
(3 marks)

ft) Each PiPe is 7 m long The PiPes


are connected end-to-end (just
touching each other) between the
Posts.

What is the distance between the


first and second Posts?

m 42.
Answer
(2 marks)

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An appliance store offers 33 % discount


43. {
on cash purchases. The original price on
r.:

a refrigerator is $8a00

(a) What is the discounted price on the


refrigerator?

Answer $
(2 rnarks)

(b) VAT at 15% is calculated on the


discounted price. How much is the
VAT?

Answer $
(1 rnark)
;;
!i
(c) What is the FINAL cost of the
refrigerator when Purchased for
cash?

Answer $
43.
(2 rnarks)

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44. Lance's weckly wage is calculated using
the rates in the table below. Lance works
for 8 hours dailY

Wage Rates

$10 per hour during the week


(MondaY to FridaY)

$15 per hour for weekends


(SaturdaY and SundaY)

(a) During one week, Lance worked on


Monday, WednesdaY, FridaY and
Saturday. How manY hours did
Lance work in that week?

Answer hours
(1 mark)

(b) Using the rates in the table above,


calculate Lance's wage for that
week.

Answer $
(2 marks)

(c) Lance's wage last week was


$400. He workedon SaturdaY and
Sunday. How manY HOURS did
he work from MondaY to FridaY?

hours 44
Answ er
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45. Four poinLs, A, B, C, D, are equally spaced
around the edge of a circular spinner and
connected to the centre O as shown in the
diagram below.
D

A C

(a) Raj turns the sPinner so that


,4 moves in an anti-clockwise
direction to the Position of B.

What was the size of the angle


through which the sPinner moved?

Answer
(1 rnark)

(b) Describe FULLY how Raj can turn


the spinner so that B moves to the
position of D.

Answer

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Rai [urned the sPinner so that


C
/e\
direcl"ion
-lues 2zs' in a clockwise
to a Point M'
diagram
Labei the Point M on the
on page 28. 45
(2 marks)

ar (z)

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46. The incomplete bar graph below shows
the favourite subjects of the 30 pupils in
a Standard 5 class.

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Number r0
of I
Pupils E
1
6
5
4
3
2
I
Social Maths Science Erglis h Art
Studies
Subjects

(r) How manY more PuPils favour


Social Studies than Maths?

Answer pupils
(1 rnark)

(b) What percentage of the class chose


Maths as their favourite subject?

o/o
Answer
(1 mark)

(c) How many puPils chose English as


their favourite subject?

Answer pupils
(2 rnarks)

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(d) ComPlete the graph on Page 30 bY
drawing the bar to rePresent the
number of PuPils whose favourite
subject is English.
(1 mark) 46.

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